KR20100052729A - Image sensor and method for manufacturing the sensor - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention provides an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The sensor is formed on the surface of the gate pattern formed on the first conductive semiconductor substrate, the second conductive photodiode and the photodiode formed on the semiconductor substrate on one side of the gate pattern, and has a thickness less than or equal to a threshold value. It is characterized by including the 1st conductivity type 1st diffusion area | region. Therefore, a thinner diffusion region can be formed than in the general case, and thus, the saturation level can be improved and the photodiode region can be formed to the maximum, thereby improving the short wavelength (blue) characteristic.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same.
An image sensor is a semiconductor device that converts an optical image into an electrical signal. Among the image sensors, a charge coupled device (CCD) is a device in which charge carriers are stored and transported in a capacitor while individual metal-oxide-silicon (MOS) capacitors are located in close proximity to each other. Complementary MOS (CMOS) image sensor employs a switching method that uses a CMOS technology that uses control circuits and signal processing circuits as peripheral circuits to make MOS transistors as many as the number of pixels, and to sequentially detect the output using them. It is an element to make. For example, in a CMOS image sensor, incident light reaches a photodiode (not shown) via a micro lens (not shown) and a color filter (not shown). Therefore, light energy generates electrons and holes in the silicon and converts the generated electrons into voltage and reads them, and this is realized as an image.
As is well known, a pinned photodiode detects light from the outside in a CCD or CMOS image sensor to generate photocharges, and has a PNP or NPN junction structure embedded inside the substrate. Also called buried photodiode.
Hereinafter, a general CMOS image sensor will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 shows a cross-sectional view of a general image sensor.
Referring to FIG. 1, a P-type
By implanting impurities, an N-
In the general image sensor described above, the Rp of the Po-
The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to form a diffusion region formed on the top of the photodiode thinner than the diffusion region of the general image sensor, an image sensor that can improve the saturation level and short-wavelength characteristics and its manufacture To provide a way.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image sensor including a gate pattern formed on an upper portion of a first conductive semiconductor substrate, a second conductive photodiode formed on the semiconductor substrate on one side of the gate pattern, and a photodiode of the photodiode. It is preferable that it is formed in the surface, and is comprised from the 1st conductivity type 1st diffusion region which has a thickness below a threshold value.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing an image sensor, including forming a gate pattern on an upper portion of a first conductive semiconductor substrate, and forming a second conductive photodiode using the gate pattern as a mask. Forming an insulating film on the entire upper surface of the semiconductor substrate including a gate pattern and a photodiode, forming a first photoresist pattern on the upper portion of the insulating film to open a portion of the insulating film on the photodiode; It is preferable to form a first conductivity type first diffusion region by implanting first conductivity type impurity ions into the photodiode using the first photoresist pattern as an ion implantation mask.
The image sensor and the method of manufacturing the same according to the present invention form a diffusion region on the surface of the photodiode by performing an ion implantation process when the spacer material is covered in the process of forming the spacer. A thinner diffusion region can be formed, which has the effect of improving the saturation level and allowing the photodiode region to be formed to the maximum, thereby improving the short blue characteristic.
Hereinafter, an image sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2 is a diagram illustrating a layout of unit pixels of a CMOS image sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the
3 is a cross-sectional view of an image sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which is taken along a line A-A of FIG. 2 and illustrates a photodiode portion and a transfer transistor of a unit pixel.
The layout shown in FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram for better understanding of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
2 and 3, the first
In this case, the
The
The second
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first conductivity type
According to another embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the first conductivity type
Although the
Hereinafter, a method of manufacturing an image sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
4A to 4D show cross-sectional views of a method of manufacturing an image sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 4A, the first
Subsequently, the
Thereafter, the
Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 4B, the second conductivity type impurity ions are implanted using the
Thereafter, a high concentration of ion implantation is performed to form a floating diffusion region (FD) 120 on one side of the
Thereafter, as illustrated in FIG. 4C, an insulating layer 130A is formed on the entire upper surface of the first
According to the first embodiment of the present invention, a
Here, when the thickness of the insulating layer 130A is too thick, the
However, instead of increasing the energy, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, before forming the
After performing the above-described first or second embodiment, the
Hereinafter, although subsequent steps of the manufacturing method of the image sensor according to the present invention will be described with reference to the above-described first embodiment, the same applies to the above-described second embodiment.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 4D, a
Here, as the thickness of the insulating layer 130A is reduced (d3-d4), the energy for implanting
After forming the first or
Thereafter, after removing the
According to the image sensor and the manufacturing method thereof according to the present invention described above, the first conductive doping profile is formed stepwise by the first and
As a result, the first conductivity type first and
Since the other parts of the image sensor that are not described in the above description are well known matters, a description of the forming process for them is omitted. In addition, the aforementioned first conductivity type may be P type, and the second conductivity type may be N type and vice versa.
The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiment and the accompanying drawings, and it is common in the art that various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be evident to those who have knowledge of.
1 shows a cross-sectional view of a general image sensor.
2 is a diagram illustrating a layout of unit pixels of a CMOS image sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view of an image sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4A to 4D show cross-sectional views of a method of manufacturing an image sensor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
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